Monday, March 15, 2010

Doing what PON's do best.

Wilf is not only Digby's big brother he is also his best friend. Sunday was spent with the two boyz taking relaxation to a new level - their entire morning from breakfast onwards was spent basking in the sun and duo-barking at the woodpeckers working away in the oak trees. When not barking at the birds Digby was on cloud nine. He lay curled up, mouth open, snoring away,his head resting on the warm cushion of Wilfs back - everything about him told you he was relishing the total safety and security of having a big brother . Even the arrival of lunch guests didn't cause the two of them to stir from their favoured spot. After the manic hyper-activity of puppyhood the two of them have now settled down into a time of gentle self-confidence. We enjoy this new stage in their lives every bit as much as they do.

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I believe that some Psychologists (not doggie psychologists) might regard this phase as 'wisdom'...the time of your life when you look back and are pleased with what you have accomplished. A time when you have resolved your hangups and celebrate both what you have accomplished and not-accomplished. Dogs have a natural way of demonstrating this trait. They always do demonstrate things so much simply.

About Me

2004, we sell the rain drenched farm in Scotland and move to the warmth of southern Europe. Two very lively Polish Lowland Sheepdog brothers - Wilf and Digby - accompany us. Fluffy,patient and comical . Forever attracting laughter and new friends . After a year in Provence we moved to Italy to restore an ancient Roman watchtower . Somethings are meant not to be. Following a rather unpleasantly violent 'housejacking' ( the third in our little village ) we left Italy in late 2009 for new adventures in the rolling countryside of south west France . We are now getting to grips with a large rickety old farmhouse. Life after the violence of Italy has a gentler tempo. Digby passed on from piroplasmosis in May 2010. HIs brother, despite being diagnosed with cancer and having become blind ,soldiered on for another two years. We now embark on the next part of our journey with two new PON's - Bob and Sophie. This blog records all those little things about living with dogs that are too unimportant to make it into a diary but which make life, life.